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This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population. The figures are mid-year estimates for 2008 from the Office for National Statistics [1].

[edit] By population

Rank	County	Population	Area (in km²)	Density (people/km²)
1	Greater London	7,611,900	1,569	4,851
2	West Midlands	2,619,500	902	2,905
3	Greater Manchester	2,573,500	1,276	2,017
4	West Yorkshire	2,200,500	2,029	1,084
5	Hampshire	1,720,600	3,769	457
6	Essex	1,712,200	3,670	467
7	Kent	1,660,100	3,736	444
8	Lancashire	1,451,700	3,075	472
9	Merseyside	1,347,800	645	2,090
10	South Yorkshire	1,305,900	1,552	842
11	Devon	1,141,600	6,707	170
12	Surrey	1,109,700	1,663	667
13	Tyne and Wear	1,093,400	540	2,025
14	Hertfordshire	1,078,400	1,643	656
15	North Yorkshire	1,073,200	8,608	125
16	Staffordshire	1,069,000	2,714	394
17	Nottinghamshire	1,068,900	2,159	495
18	Lincolnshire	1,016,600	6,959	146
19	Cheshire	1,006,100	2,343	429
20	Derbyshire	1,001,500	2,625	382
21	Leicestershire	940,500	2,156	436
22	Somerset	912,900	4,170	219
23	County Durham	892,600	2,721	328
24	Norfolk	850,800	5,371	158
25	Gloucestershire	840,200	3,150	267
26	Berkshire	836,300	1,262	663
27	West Sussex	781,600	1,991	393
28	Cambridgeshire	769,100	3,390	227
29	East Sussex	766,400	1,791	428
30	Buckinghamshire	725,400	1,874	387
31	Suffolk	715,700	3,800	188
32	Dorset	710,500	2,653	268
33	Northamptonshire	685,000	2,364	290
34	Wiltshire	648,400	3,485	186
35	Oxfordshire	639,700	2,605	246
36	Bedfordshire	602,500	1,235	488
37	East Riding of Yorkshire	593,700	2,479	239
38	Worcestershire	557,600	1,741	320
39	Cornwall	534,300	3,563	150
40	Warwickshire	530,500	1,975	269
41	Cumbria	496,600	6,767	73
42	Shropshire	454,900	3,488	130
43	Bristol	421,300	110	3,844
44	Northumberland	311,000	5,013	62
45	Herefordshire	179,300	2,180	82
46	Isle of Wight	140,200	380	369
47	Rutland	39,200	382	103
48	City of London	7,900	3	2,725